Pope banishes limbo.Theologians in Rome are reportedly about to release a document that will knock limbo right out of the sky (or wherever all those unbaptized souls were living). Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła took the idea of limbo out of the Catechism of the Catholic Church The Catechism of the Catholic Church, or CCC, is an official exposition of the teachings of the Catholic Church, first published in French in 1992 by the authority of Pope John Paul II. in 1992, and now Benedict XVI Benedict XVI, 1927–, pope (2005–) and Roman Catholic theologian, a German (b. Marktl am Inn, Bavaria) named Josef (or Joseph) Alois Ratzinger; successor of John Paul II. He entered the seminary in 1939, but his training was interrupted by World War II. is going to finish the job by ratifying new teaching that limbo does not exist, Cox News Service reports. No word yet on relocation for limbo s former residents, but Nicholas von Hoffman Nicholas von Hoffman is an American journalist and author of German-Russian extraction, descendant of Melchior Hoffman and son of Carl von Hoffman. He became famous as a columnist for the Washington Post suggests in The Nation that perhaps we should bring them back to Earth for a "second go-round." No word either on the fate of the popular party game involving the limbo stick. |
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